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 July  11,  2001  Maureen  Peratino  at  202-  418-  0506 


 JONATHAN  LEVY  NAMED  DEPUTY  CHIEF  ECONOMIST 
 Washington--  Jonathan  D.  Levy  has  been  appointed  Deputy  Chief  Economist  of 
 the  Federal  Communications  Commission.  Dr.  Levy  has  served  as  Acting  Deputy  Chief 
 Economist  for  the  past  six  months  and  also  has  been  a  senior  staff  economist  in  the  Office 
 of  Plans  and  Policy. 


 Dr.  Levy  joined  the  FCC  in  1980  and  has  spent  his  entire  Commission  career  in 
 the  Office  of  Plans  and  Policy.  He  has  specialized  in  economic  analysis  of  mass  media, 
 cable  television,  and  satellite  television  issues.  Levy  has  also  assisted  in  the  design  and 
 implementation  of  the  Commission’s  spectrum  auctions,  in  particular  the  DBS  and 
 MMDS  auctions. 


 Prior  to  joining  the  Commission,  Levy  taught  economics  at  the  University  of 
 Wisconsin-  Milwaukee.  He  holds  a  Ph.  D.  in  economics  from  Yale  University  and,  in 
 1993,  he  was  a  Fulbright  Senior  Scholar  at  the  University  of  Technology  Sydney, 
 Australia. 


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